3 Interesting Summer Activities For Your Kids
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It’s the summer vacation, and apart from the blistering heat, your kids will have hours and hours of free time. School’s closed for the summer and they don’t have any homework.
Here, we list some creative and inexpensive summer activities for kids that will keep you and your kids busy. Read closely because these activities require time, patience, and a few detailed steps.
Fun Summer Activities For Kids:
1. Outdoor Twister:
You Will Need:
- A pizza box or any cardboard
- A craft knife
- A large bowl
- A pen
- Red, blue, yellow, and white spray paint
- Paper
- Scissors
- Two jars.
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How To:
- Take the bowl and trace a circle on the lid of the pizza box or on the piece of cardboard you are using.
- Cut the circle out with the craft knife and keep the newly made stencil with you.
- To make a twister board, you will need 4 columns, one in each colour. Remember, each column should have 6 circles.
- Get the spray paint, use your stencils, and get to work!
Since you don’t have the Twister spinning board, you can create one!
- Make slips of paper that read “right foot” “right hand” so on and so forth. These will go in one jar.
- In the other jar, make more slips of paper that read the different colours.
- Just pick slips form both jars and let the games begin!
If you’re worried about the grass, don’t be. The paint is harmless, and the colored grass will grow out within 2 weeks.You should definitely try this summer activities for kids at home.
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2. Know Your Constellations:
Get the starlit sky to your kids bedroom, by making a jar of constellations!
You Will Need:
- A jar with a wide mouth (it needs to fit a small click light inside)
- A click light
- A cake pan
- An awl
- A silver marker
- Scissors
How To:
- Cut a strip of the cake pan so it’s long enough to fit around the inside of the jar. The strip must be tall enough to reach the top of the jar.
- Take the awl to poke holes in the form of constellations. Hercules, The Big Dipper, Orion, and more – take your pick!
- Connect the dots with a silver marker so the constellations are more visible.
- Roll the aluminium sheet so it fits snugly inside the jar.
- Turn the click light on, place it inside the jar, and cover with the lid.
Use it as a night light for your little one; they will be amazed! Plus this will help them with their science knowledge.
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3. Life Size Playhouse:
Kids love copying their parents by playing in the kitchen, and even pretending their dolls are babies. Want to really make them feel like adults? Build them a cardboard playhouse!
You Will Need:
- Cardboard in various sizes
- Some cardboard tubes
- Cutting knife/box cutter
- Strong tape
- Colored markers and other decorating products
How To:
- Decide how tall and wide the house will be and how easily your child will fit, so make sure you have enough cardboard for the height, width, and roof.
- Start off with setting up a basic structure with four corners.
- Use the cardboard tubes by attaching them to the corners.
- Then add the roof to finish the basic structure of the playhouse!
- Start working on any additions you want inside the house such as a kitchen.
- Using markers, draw other features according to your kid’s preference.
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We can guarantee that your kids will not be bored with these 3 awesome kids summer activities! Tell us if you have another fun activity. Leave a comment here.
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